The fire at 128 S. Chestnut St. started about 9 a.m. Monday, but crews remained well into the afternoon. Two adults and six children were displaced by the fire, according to the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley. The nonprofit agency provided lodging, clothing and food to the family as well stuffed animals for the children.

The Bath volunteer fire department has not returned calls for more information.

An investigation follows every fire in order to determine a cause and origin, but state police fire marshals typically assist local investigators when a scene is particularly complicated.

A trooper at the Dublin barracks, which had dispatched the fire marshal, could not say whether the fire had yet been deemed
suspicious.

The Chestnut Street home was occupied by one man at the time the fire broke out, authorities said. He escaped the fire and first-responders helped pull two dogs from the blaze.

The homeowner is listed as Sharon Piescienski, according to Northampton County property records.